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Paperback. William Mulholland presided over the creation of a water system that forever changed the course of southern California's history. This biography of Mulholland challenges many of the prevailing versions of his life story and sheds light on the history of Los Angeles and its relationship with its most prized resource: water. Num Pages: 436 pages, 40 b/w photographs, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; BGH; GT; HBJK; TQSW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 908. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0000153
ISBN
9780520234666
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. An investigation into the connections between military and literary culture in the late medieval period, and how warfare shaped such texts as Malory's Morte. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843245
ISBN
9781843843245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.65

Hardcover. What does it mean to be of Irish descent? What does Irish descent stand for in Ireland? In Northern Ireland? In the United States? This book addresses these questions by exploring the contemporary significance of ideas of ancestral roots, origins, and connections. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBTG; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
F First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631590
ISBN
9780815631590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.95

Paperback. Talks about the invention of Western philosophy, and the first thinkers to explore ideas about the nature of reality, time, and the origin of the universe. This book invites readers to understand the fragmentary remains of thinkers from Thales to Pythagoras, Heraclitus, to Protagoras. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, numerous halftones and text boxes. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192840943
ISBN
9780192840943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.65

Paperback. This unusual philosophy book asks the reader to reconsider the received view that animal rights have no place in ancient thought. Catherine Osborne argues that by reflecting on the work of the ancient philosophers and poets, we can see when and how we lost touch with the natural intelligence of dumb animals. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199568277
ISBN
9780199568277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.64

Hardback. This study of politics in early modern England uses the relations between provincial towns, the landed elite, and the crown to argue that the growth of connections, as much as of conflict, explains the development of early modern government. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 27. Weight in Grams: 655.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735872
ISBN
9780804735872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.04

Paperback. Eric Rudsdale's role as a curator and air-raid shelter superintendent at Colchester Castle during the Second World War gave him the perfect opportunity to record life on the home front in his diaries. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 b&w. BIC Classification: 1DBKESK; 3JJH; BJ; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752458212
ISBN
9780752458212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.54

Paperback. * Provides an overview of the debates surrounding postmodernism and its impact on theology. * Powerfully critiques the works of central figures in contemporary theology and philosophy including Derrida, Serres, Marion and Lacoste. * Cosolidates Blackwella s contribution in such cutting edge debates. . Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631206729
ISBN
9780631206729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.73

Hardback. A contribution to the growing genre of works which offer a challenge to the modern and post-modern accounts of Christianity. The book shows how Platonic philosophy did not assume a primacy of metaphysical presence, as had been previously thought, but a primacy of liturgical theory and practice. Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 646.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631206712
ISBN
9780631206712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BG; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
DeVorss & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875167879
ISBN
9780875167879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
DeVorss & Co ,U.S. United States
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875165837
ISBN
9780875165837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.36

Hardback. Why do the people of the French Caribbean still continue to be haunted by the memory of their slave past more than one hundred and fifty years after the abolition of slavery? What process led to the divorce of their collective memory of slavery and emancipation from France's portrayal of these historical phenomena? Series: Polygons: Cultural Diversities & Intersections. Num Pages: 216 pages, 34 b/w photos, Bibliog., index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845450793
ISBN
9781845450793
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.60

Hardback. This book considers a range of printed and documentary evidence, the majority previously unpublished, for the way ordinary individuals thought about their houses and households; and it then explores how writers of domestic tragedies engaged those attitudes to shape their representations of domesticity. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719065446
ISBN
9780719065446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.75

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Monthly Review Press,U.S. New York
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9780853459224
ISBN
9780853459224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.32

hardcover. Her Life Historical offers a major reconsideration of one of the most popular narrative forms in late medieval England-the lives of female saints-and one of the period's primary modes of interpretation, exemplarity. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 illus. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HRLM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 561.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812239867
ISBN
9780812239867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.63

Paperback. By 146, Rome had established itself as the leading Mediterranean power. Over the next century, it consolidated its power into an immense territorial empire. This title traces the processes of change which transformed Rome from a republic to a monarchy. It is suitable for academics working on the history of Rome and the Roman Republic. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
284
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748619450
ISBN
9780748619450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.18

Paperback. A comprehensive and authoritative account of one of the greatest and most prolific writers of classical antiquity. Editor(s): Steel, Catherine. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 441 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
441
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521729802
ISBN
9780521729802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.20

Paperback.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801032363
ISBN
9780801032363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.20

Hardback. In focusing on the power of "bottom-up" maps to transform modern European identities, the author argues that the history of cartography must expand beyond the study of elite maps and shift its emphasis to the democratization of cartography in the modern world. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 colour plates, 71 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTP; RGV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 262 x 25. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226173023
ISBN
9780226173023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.31

Paperback. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Modern Library
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812969870
ISBN
9780812969870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.55

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